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Upper River Spring (Kini Spring)
In short
Similar to the nearby River Sink Spring, Upper River Spring is rather not a spring but a karst window – an opening in an underwater cave.
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In detail
Similar to the nearby River Sink Spring, Upper River Spring is a karst window – an opening in the ground, where the ceiling of a cave has collapsed and a fragment of the cave is seen from above.
This is one of the numerous interesting features created by the karst processes in Woodwille Karst Plain.
Upper River Spring is some 76 m long and 37 m wide opening – lake. It is up to 24 m deep. This karst window is connected under the ground with a true, giant spring – Wakulla Spring. In 1972 the flow rate in this karst window was 4,984 l/s.
References
- Wakulla Springs State Park: Wakulla River Sinks Trail, Tallahassee, Florida, Hiking the Appalachians and Beyond. Accessed on September 13, 2023.
- Kris Barrios, St. Marks River and Wakulla River Springs Inventory
Leon and Wakulla Counties, Florida, Northwest Florida Water Management District, July 2006. Accessed on September 13, 2023.
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